Knowing can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.
Adjective |
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| knowing - highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience" | ||
| knowing - evidencing the possession of inside information | ||
| knowing - alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on" | ||
| knowing - characterized by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time" | ||
Verb |
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| know - be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" | ||
| know - have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" | ||
| know - be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun" | ||
| know - know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?" | ||
| know - have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?" | ||
| know - perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!" | ||
| know - be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong" | ||
| know - be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily" | ||
| know - know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off" | ||
Noun |
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| knowing - a clear and certain mental apprehension |
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| 1. | adj. | Knowing instructors. | |
| 2. | adj. | A knowing collector of rare books. | |
| 3. | adj. | A knowing attempt to defraud. | |
| 4. | verb | Police said Bernard confessed to detectives that he had sex with a young girl in November 2002 and admitted to knowing about sexual acts involving children and a dog that occurred at Hosanna Church. | |
| 5. | verb | We should allocate a piece to Global which would solve the problem of other Cargill people using the line, putting us over the limit, without me knowing... | |
| 6. | verb | Without knowing the exact poison, no. | |
| 7. | verb | When the male gets his titts out the female gets mad with him knowing he can't produce milk. | |
| 8. | verb | For obvious reasons, knowing how extremely difficult it is to drive a car in the city, you should probably try to be near the subway system. | |
| 9. | verb | Although I'll have to drive a little out of my way to go there, I'll gladly do it knowing that since she's been astounding to me once before that she'll always be that way! | |
| 10. | verb | Not knowing what to say, he remained silent. | |
| 11. | verb | Not knowing what to say, she remained silent. | |
| 12. | verb | Not knowing what to see, I asked him for advice. | |
| 13. | verb | Not knowing what to do, I called my mother for advice. | |
| 14. | verb | Not knowing what to do, I stood there silently. | |
| 15. | verb | Not knowing what to do, I asked for his advice. | |
| 16. | verb | Not knowing what to do, I did nothing. | |
| 17. | verb | Not knowing what to say, I remained silent. | |
| 18. | verb | Not knowing what to say, she just smiled. | |
| 19. | noun | He is always in the know. | |
| 20. | noun | Soldiers with vital training and know-how are refusing to re-enlist. |
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| adj. | |
| Knowing instructors. |
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| A knowing collector of rare books. |
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| A knowing attempt to defraud. |
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| verb | |
| Police said Bernard confessed to detectives that he had sex with a young girl in November 2002 and admitted to knowing about sexual acts involving children and a dog that occurred at Hosanna Church. |
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| We should allocate a piece to Global which would solve the problem of other Cargill people using the line, putting us over the limit, without me knowing... |
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| Without knowing the exact poison, no. |
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| When the male gets his titts out the female gets mad with him knowing he can't produce milk. |
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| For obvious reasons, knowing how extremely difficult it is to drive a car in the city, you should probably try to be near the subway system. |
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| Although I'll have to drive a little out of my way to go there, I'll gladly do it knowing that since she's been astounding to me once before that she'll always be that way! |
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| Not knowing what to say, he remained silent. | |
| Not knowing what to say, she remained silent. | |
| Not knowing what to see, I asked him for advice. | |
| Not knowing what to do, I called my mother for advice. | |
| Not knowing what to do, I stood there silently. | |
| Not knowing what to do, I asked for his advice. | |
| Not knowing what to do, I did nothing. | |
| Not knowing what to say, I remained silent. | |
| Not knowing what to say, she just smiled. | |
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| He is always in the know. |
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| Soldiers with vital training and know-how are refusing to re-enlist. |
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